Dear all, We are delighted to invite you to the first Libre Graphics Club event on 29/03/21 from 6:30-8pm GMT. Looking forward to seeing you there! To register, please follow this Eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/libre-graphics-club-pilot-intro-event-tickets-147232591645 Come join us and help co-create […]
The question of where I fit has been rattling around again. Over the last few months various things have made me wonder about this – a rather wide range of things actually. I think that I survive (or at least […]
Read the second set of conversations in our 40 Years 40 Artists series of interviews with artists who feature in a-n’s archive.
Yinka Shonibare outlines the development of his work in the 1990s, including his “big jump from painting to costume”.
Dear a-n blog readers. As the Artists Make Change – Peer Learning Group (PLG) Bursary comes to an end, it is time for the Bristol Artist-Led Forum (BA-LF) to resume and reflect upon this extremely valuable opportunity we are grateful […]
As you might be aware of from previous posts, after our third meeting in November we’ve decided to divide into 4 sub-groups of interest to focus on specific aspects of our broad research. We will now be introducing the contents […]
As you might be aware of from previous posts, after our third meeting in November we’ve decided to divide into 4 sub-groups of interest to focus on specific aspects of our broad research. We will now be introducing the contents […]
On Thursday 17th December, Bristol Artist-Led Forum has been invited to take part to Doughnart! event by the Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL). We presented the research our 4 subgroups carried out so far focused on how to apply the Doughnut Economic to […]
On Thursday 17th December, Bristol Artist-Led Forum has been invited to take part to Doughnart! event by the Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL). We presented the research our 4 subgroups carried out so far focused on how to apply the Doughnut Economic to […]
In the fading light on a December afternoon, Fraisia, Dan and Anna met at the Hotwells Piazza in Bristol to discuss how doughnut economics could apply to an artists’ network and how that could specifically relate to our community art […]
Want to support artists and visual arts organisations this Christmas? We select our pick of original artworks and handcrafted gifts by independent artists and makers to get you started.
General Practice [gP] is an artist-led, experimental project space in Lincoln. Driven by collaborative activity it seeks to promote exchange with wider artist-led initiatives, stimulate critical discourse and through its programme of exhibitions, events and workshops sustain an engaged visual […]
Online festival, featuring work by Artists Council members Antonio Roberts and Hetain Patel, has announced its programme, which includes a panel event on international exchange between artists, chaired by a-n’s Programmes and Partnerships Manager Wing-Sie Chan.
Dwell Time and Yorkshire Visual Arts Network (YVAN) are delighted to announce their partnership on a new series of podcasts ‘Dwell Awhile’. These podcasts revisit conversations with artists interviewed by Dwell Time co-curator Alice Bradshaw for her ‘Resilience is Futile’ […]
This week’s selection features exhibitions, talks and projects presented via online viewing rooms, social media and other online platforms, plus newly reopened physical spaces, including: a-n member Loz Atkinson telling the story of her Great Grandfather Arthur Pinder’s death in WW2 at the newly reopened Leicester Museum And Art Gallery, a new digital art project responding to personal and collective relationships with breathing at Modern Art Oxford, plus South London Gallery reopens with Sophie Cundale’s film following the journey of a professional boxer after a near-fatal knockout. Also this week is a Zoom session on how makers can maximise online sales from the Goldsmiths Centre.
A new coaching collective for artists has been launched by a-n members Kate Buckley, Anna Hart and Helene Roberts, who were all sponsored by a-n to become coaches in 2017.
Five Discussion Reports, made in response to a series of 90 minute Public Group Discussions, published as part of 12-month research and development project initiated by a-n Artists Council members Rachel Dobbs and Glen Stoker.
a-n Artists Council has initiated a 12-month research and development project that will explore the role of the artist in society and advocate for how artists and art organisers can effectively work for change. Lead artists Rachel Dobbs and Glen Stoker speak to Jack Hutchinson about the project and how the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted their plans.
In this profile, Ellen Wilkinson speaks to Izzy Kroese of Manchester-based Shy Bairns. Collective action hit the art headlines at the end of 2019 when that year’s four Turner Prize nominees formed a collective to split the award and share […]
In this profile, Ellen Wilkinson speaks to Jenny Male, Phil Root and Felicia Cleveland Stevens of Bristol-based Caraboo Projects. Collective action hit the art headlines at the end of 2019 when that year’s four Turner Prize nominees formed a collective to […]
In this profile, Ellen Wilkinson speaks to artist, designer and writer Mei Yuk Wong of Manchester-based supportive network The Centre for International Women Artists. Collective action hit the art headlines at the end of 2019 when that year’s four Turner Prize […]
